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Doesn't the added coverage of millions of Americans represent a major success of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?

Background Information

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Through mid-2015, approximately 20 million Americans gained coverage under the ACA through either Medicaid expansion or state and federal health insurance exchanges. That figure may have increased during the most recent enrollment period.

Insurance isn’t a human right; only the opportunity to be healthy is. Being insured may increase use of healthcare, but there is little clear evidence that insurance coverage has an impact on health outcomes. And uninsured people can get care through emergency rooms.